Huawei: The move to premium, aiming for the top
By Mike Joubert 23 June 2016On a recent trip to Huawei’s headquarters in Shenzhen, China, TechSmart’s Mike Joubert found a company ready for a fight to the top. FULL STORY >
New Chinese supercomputer is world's fastest and built from homegrown parts
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 21 June 2016Christened the world's fastest supercomputer by Top500, the Sunway TaihuLight is also constructed solely from computers produced in its native China. FULL STORY >
Volvo set to experiment with autonomous vehicles in China's major cities
By Staff Writer 7 April 2016Volvo plans to launch China's most advanced autonomous driving experiment in which local drivers will test autonomous driving cars on public roads in everyday driving conditions. FULL STORY >
Chinese smartphone sales shrink for first time in six years says IDC
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 11 May 2015Having shown a steady increase for the past six years, IDC reports that smartphone sales in China have declined during Q1 2015. FULL STORY >
HTC unveils One M9+ destined for China alone
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 8 April 2015Following the unveiling of the M9 flagship and growing rumours in recent weeks, HTC has debuted the new 5.2" One M9+ which features a touch-enabled fingerprint sensor up front. FULL STORY >
Ava from Ex Machina now PA on LinkedIn
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 1 April 2015A cleverly planned publicity stunt or perhaps a glimpse into the future? The alluring humanoid AI, Ava from Ex Machina, has popped up on LinkedIn as a Personal Assistant. FULL STORY >
Geek News Highlights - The Artificial Intelligence Edition
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 5 November 2014This week's Geek News Highlights sees Hollywood's obsession with Artificial Intelligence result in two new trailers, most notably being local director Neill Blomkamp's latest project Chappie. Also Attack on Titan's universe is set to... FULL STORY >
Down but not out, Jade Rabbit rover comes back to life
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 13 February 2014The fate of the Chinese lunar rover seemed sealed ever since it went into a hibernation mode on 25 January, but communication has been re-established and there is hope of salvaging Jade Rabbit. FULL STORY >
Apple taken to task over suppliers labour violations
By Ryan Noik 29 July 2013A human rights group, China Labor Watch, has accused Apple of standing by while one of its suppliers violates workers’ rights. FULL STORY >
Samsung top smartphone vendor in China and Finland
By Hanleigh Daniels 28 May 2013Samsung overtakes Nokia as the top selling mobile phone vendor in Finland for the first time and also assumes top spot in China. FULL STORY >
IDC - smartphones expected to outship feature phones during 2013
By Hanleigh Daniels 5 March 2013IDC expects that during the course of this year smartphones will outship feature phones for the first time. FULL STORY >
Huawei considers making own mobile OS
By Hanleigh Daniels 26 September 2012Huawei is considering working on its own mobile platform, to lessen its dependence on software firms such as Microsoft and Google. FULL STORY >
IDC - China to overtake US in smartphone shipments in 2012
By Hanleigh Daniels 3 September 2012IDC has stated that China will overtake the US as the number one smartphone market this year. FULL STORY >
Cellphone subscriptions cross billion milestone in China
By Hanleigh Daniels 2 April 2012China passes the billion mark for mobile phone subscribers as more Chinese users opt for cellphones instead of landlines. FULL STORY >
China overtakes US as largest smartphone market in Q3 2011
By Hanleigh Daniels 23 November 2011Market research firm Strategy Analytics has revealed that China has overtaken the US as the biggest smartphone market in terms of volume. FULL STORY >
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